The surname Yee
A Chinese surname, carried by 20,591 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex Y000
Origin
Chinese origin
Borrowed from Cantonese 余 (jyu⁴) or Taishanese 余 (yi³) or Hokkien 余 (Î) or Cantonese 爾 /尔 (ji⁵).
One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.
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How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 20,591 people named Yee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,994 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 19,483.
Who is named Yee
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
84% of people named Yee identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 7.0% as two or more races and 5.6% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 84%
- Two or more races 7.0%
- White (not Hispanic) 5.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Yee has the Soundex code Y000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Y000.
Other Chinese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Yee come from?
- Borrowed from Cantonese 余 (jyu⁴) or Taishanese 余 (yi³) or Hokkien 余 (Î) or Cantonese 爾 /尔 (ji⁵).
- How common is the surname Yee?
- 20,591 people in the United States had the surname Yee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,994 Americans. It ranked 1,740th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Yee?
- In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Yee identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 7.0% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Yee getting more or less common?
- More common. 19,483 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,591 in 2010, up 5.7%.